Tien Phong Marathon

Cung, Phuoc, Duyen, Vi, and Ha left Que Huong Charity Center on Wednesday 1/07/2020. A 16 hours trip awaited our champions for their longest trip on their life. Ha got car sick as expected but nothing serious. Thursday morning around 8:00 am, the kids were relieved to get out of that bus, event though they like they liked watching the screen. We spend the whole day and next day in Quang Ngai Province, in the hometown of Ms Nhu (our volunteer) where her parents welcomed us. It was 2 days of training, swimming and playing along the beautiful beach and outstanding landscape. Thursday around 2:00 pm we finally got on the boat to reach our final destination, Ly Son Island !!! It was their first time of a boat and we got the change to be in front of it to feel the sea air crumbling our faces. Feet set up on the island, we trained a last time, visited the iconic places of the island and off to bed early !!! 

The race started at 6:45 am, the kids look excited but also nervous as it is going to be their first 10km !!!
Our coach Alex Videau also came to compete. The route was not flat at all and the starting time was very late, so it was super hot. Anyway, it does not prevent us to finish and fight until the end, we gave everything we had and got awarded with a nice feeling of accomplishment, WE DID IT !! 
Results: 
 - Alex Videau (Coach), Overall 21st, Amateur 1st, Time 36'05
- Chris Devoize (Founder), Overall 68th, Amateur 5th, Time 41'42
- Huynh Tieu Phuoc, Amateur 13th, Time 52'53
- Huynh Tieu Cung, Overall 94th, Time 1h19'28
- Huynh Tieu Ha, Overall 168th, Time 1h25'15
- Huynh Tieu Duyen, Overall 204th, Time 1h35'26

Today is Monday 05/07/2020 and we are safely back to Saigon !!! Back to school for the kids and back to work for our team !!! 

Next race for our champions will be Quy Nhon Marathon on 26/07/2020, 10 kids will be chosen for that race.